五、词汇运用
根据句意、中英文释义、首字母和音标提示，写出句中所缺单词。
1. Tom jumps farther than Eric, but he runs more than Eric.
2. The period from 1901 to 2000 is the 20th .
3. Diana often (翻译) works by some famous writers in her free time.
4. The speakers are excellent (杰出的), so I like all of their (演讲).
5. Learning to express your feelings is important in daily (对话) with your parents.
6. He will do very well because he has great (a strong need to do things).
7. Learning is a lifelong j. Hope you can have lots of fun along the way!
8. Tom is learning Chinese these days. He has problems with p, especially with the four tones (声调).
9. Lily studies English g so well. There is no wrong sentence in her composition.
10. As a (/sək'sesfl/) tennis player, he won many games in his life.

1. slowly 2. century 3. translates 4. speeches 5. conversation(s)
6. drive 7. journey 8. pronunciation 9. grammar 10. successful

【分析】本题为根据句意、中英文释义、首字母及音标提示完成单词的题型，需结合语境、语法规则及各类提示信息确定每个空缺的正确单词：1题需用副词比较级修饰动词run；2题考查“世纪”的固定表达；3题需注意一般现在时中第三人称单数主语的动词形式；4题需用名词复数形式；5题考查固定搭配；6题根据释义匹配单词；7题根据首字母及语境判断；8题结合“声调”提示匹配单词；9题根据“作文无错误”的语境判断；10题根据音标匹配单词。
【解析】1. 由句意“Tom跳得比Eric远，但跑得更慢”，副词slowly修饰动词run，故填slowly；2. “1901到2000年是20世纪”，century表示“世纪”，故填century；3. 主语Diana为第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词translate需变为第三人称单数形式translates，故填translates；4. 由形容词性物主代词their可知需用名词复数，“演讲”speech的复数为speeches，故填speeches；5. “日常对话”的固定表达为daily conversation，故填conversation；6. 根据释义“强烈做某事的需求”，对应名词drive，故填drive；7. 结合首字母j及“终身”的语境，journey表示“旅程”，故填journey；8. 结合“声调”的提示，pronunciation表示“发音”，故填pronunciation；9. 结合“作文无错误”的语境，grammar表示“语法”，故填grammar；10. 音标/sək'sesfl/对应形容词successful，故填successful。
【答案】1. slowly 2. century 3. translates 4. speeches 5. conversation(s) 6. drive 7. journey 8. pronunciation 9. grammar 10. successful
【知识点】词汇运用、单词拼写、词性转换
【点评】本题为初中英语基础词汇运用题，综合考察学生对不同类型提示（句意、释义、首字母、音标）的理解及单词的正确拼写与运用，涉及副词、名词、动词等词性的变化，难度适中，是巩固基础词汇的典型题型。
【难度系数】0.7

六、短文填空
阅读短文，在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
I grew up in the countryside. I learnt to cook at the age of about 10. My first cooking task was to make a dough (面团). I (1) (think) it would be easy—just mix water with flour (面粉). But it turned out to be different. At first, I made the dough too soft. Then I made it too hard. But as I kept (2) (try), I finally learnt how to make it. Later, I cooked (3) (dish) and made things like jiaozi. I fell in love with cooking.
It's (4) good way to relax. More importantly, thanks to my cooking skills, I could live (5) (good). Now working at home, I cook every meal. It saves money and is good for my health.
Besides cooking, I did a lot of farm work in my childhood. I learnt (6) to plant vegetables. It was hard work, but I enjoyed it a lot.
Someone might say we can learn these (7) books. But that can't bring you the joy of learning knowledge directly. They bring a new way to look at the world. You'll think everything on your plate is (8) (important) than it was.
I'm happy (9) (know) that now there is labour (劳动) education in primary and middle schools in China. Students in these schools have the class at (10) (little) once a week to learn simple housework like cooking and cleaning. These will help a child for the rest of his or her life.

1. thought 2. trying 3. dishes 4. a 5. well
6. how 7. from/in 8. more important 9. to know 10. least

【分析】首先通读短文，理解文章讲述作者童年学习做饭、农活的经历及对劳动教育的看法。解题时需结合上下文语境，运用语法知识、固定搭配、词汇用法等确定空格的正确形式：需关注时态、词性变化、固定短语、比较级等考点，逐一分析每个空格的逻辑和语法要求。
【解析】1. 由前文“grew up、learnt”等过去时态动词可知，此处描述过去动作，用think的过去式thought；2. 固定搭配keep doing sth表“一直做某事”，故将try变为动名词trying；3. dish是可数名词，此处指多道菜，用复数dishes；4. 表“一个好方法”，good以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a；5. 修饰动词live，用形容词good的副词形式well；6. 疑问词+不定式结构how to plant vegetables表“如何种蔬菜”，符合语境；7. 表“从书本学习”，可用介词from或in；8. 由than可知，用important的比较级more important；9. 固定搭配be happy to do sth，用不定式to know；10. 固定短语at least表“至少”，用little的最高级least。
【答案】1. thought 2. trying 3. dishes 4. a 5. well 6. how 7. from/in 8. more important 9. to know 10. least
【知识点】固定搭配、时态运用、词性转换
【点评】本题为短文填空题型，综合考查学生对英语词汇、语法及固定搭配的掌握，需结合上下文语境分析，难度适中，能检验学生的英语基础应用能力。
【难度系数】0.5